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The villa ''La Reine Jeanne'' is an imposing holiday mansion, built in 1928 by the American architect Barry Dierks for the French industrialist Paul-Louis Weiller. Located on of land in the village of Cabasson, in the commune of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var), the property is near the Fort de Brégançon. It is renowned for having received numerous celebrities, stars, writers, monarchs, and heads of state, among whom Charlie Chaplin, Richard Nixon, King Juan Carlos of Spain, and Georges Pompidou are noted. ==History== In the mid-1920s, while searching for a place to build his summer home, Paul-Louis Weiller explored the French Riviera at the controls of an airplane. He discovered the site, located on the ''pointe de la Galère'' in the village of Cabasson at Bormes-les-Mimosas.〔Jacques Mousseau, ''Le siècle de Paul-Louis Weiller (1893-1993)'', Paris, éditions Stock, 1998.〕 The area, which he purchased, extended over , included a forest of maritime pines and cork oak trees near a beach, where, in 1347, queen Joanna I of Naples, comtesse de Provence disembarked. In 1928, Weiller commissioned Barry Dierks to build on the site a Modernist villa capable of accommodating 30 guests.〔Artemis Cooper, “Obituary : Commandant Paul-Louis Weiller,” ''The Independent'', 11 December 1993, (read on line ) (page consulted 4 May 2011)〕 Until the year before his death in 1993, Weiller continued to receive at the villa ''La Reine Jeanne'' international dignitaries from the world of politics, arts and letters, as well as industrialists and giants of the financial world. During the summer of 1969, President Georges Pompidou, who was vacationing at the Fort de Brégançon, was a regular guest at his neighbor’s dinner table.〔Marcel Van Thienen, “Les souvenirs rois”, ''Le petit journal du réseau Lalan'', association culturelle borméo-lavandouraine, (download ) (page consulted 4 May 2011)〕 Likewise, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, who owned the adjoining villa, ''La Tour sarrasine'', was a frequent guest. It was at Cabosson that Weiller’s granddaughter, Sibilla, met Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, youngest son of the Grand Duke. The two were married in 1994.〔Stéphane Bern, “Vivons royaux, vivons cachés,” ''Le Figaro Magazine'', 3 July 2009, (read on line ) (page consulted 4 May 2011)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Villa La Reine Jeanne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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